Justine and Michael are celebrating their marriage at a sumptuous party in the home of her sister Claire, and brother-in-law John. Despite Claire’s best efforts, the wedding is a fiasco, with family tensions mounting and relationships fraying. Meanwhile, a planet called Melancholia is heading directly towards Earth…
Type:
MOVIE
Country:
DK
Genres:
Drama, Science Fiction
Release:
May 2011
Production:
Zentropa Entertainments, Memfis Film, Zentropa International Sweden, Slot Machine, Liberator Productions, Zentropa International Köln, DR, Film i Väst, ARTE France Cinéma
Cast:
Kirsten Dunst, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Kiefer Sutherland, Alexander Skarsgård, Cameron Spurr, Stellan Skarsgård, John Hurt, Brady Corbet, Jesper Christensen, Charlotte Rampling, Udo Kier, James Cagnard, Deborah Fronko, Charlotta Miller, Claire Miller, Gary Whitaker, Katrine A. Sahlstrøm, Christian Geisnæs
Tags:
depression, suicide, nihilism, wedding reception, wedding planner, surrealism, end of the world, wealth, mansion, power outage, destruction of planet, sister sister relationship